What kind of knife do you carry.....

[STICK]

What kind of blade do you prefer to carry with you on a hike?

Fixed blade?
Folding blade?
Multi-tool?
Combination of these?

Why do you prefer this type over the others?

Which particular brand and style of knife do you favor and why?

How about the sheath? Is the sheath that came with it adequate for your needs? Does it attach to your pack the way you want it too?

What, in your opinion, is the best way to attach a knife?

To the hip belt?
To a shoulder strap?
To a lanyard around your neck?
Inside your pack?

(All of this is meant to be in general. I understand different circumstances call for different applications. So, this is in light of a general hike, whether it is for days on end, or simply just for a day. No real bush wacking type stuff involved unless you just really have to go potty now!)

[Feral Bill]

Tiny Swiss Army Knife

[Darwin again]

Swiss Army Classic SD, the smallest knife with a blade, tweezers and scissors. It rides in a pouch on my pack waist belt.

[Darwin again]

... and it's attached to a lanyard with an LED micro light and a whistle.

[Trailbender]

Camillus US Army issue pocketknife(they are discontinued now). It weighs 3 oz, and has all the tools I need on it. I use it constantly. It is attached to a lanyard on my belt, along with a diamond rod sharpener.

[PurpleTimb]

I carry a Mora fixed blade knife on a neck lanyard. I find a slightly larger knife useful because I use a wood burning stove. It weights in right at 4 oz including sheath and lanyard.

[Dr O]

Gerber Paraframe

[JRiker]

gerber ridge. didn't like the clip, took it off, worn around my neck on paracord.

[Bags4266]

I use to carry a swiss amry at over 3 oz. Funny thing is I never use it. So now I carry this, http://www.stanleytools.com/default....n+Pocket+Knife

weighs about .4 oz if that. I only need it to cut line and open my vacume sealed food pouches.

[Father Dragon]

I carry a Gerber Big Rock some of the time and/or the pocket knife the ATC sells ... really depends on time of year and what I'm planing to do. I tend to carry the big knife only in the winter these days... though I've missed having it a few times when I've been cutting up veggies for the night after the resupply feast! I'm thinking of just carrying a few razor blades on my next section through PA b/c I want to go super UL so I can knock the whole state out in one trip.

[STICK]

I'll have to look into the one the ATC sells.

[BiGKaT]

I love my little swiss army with the self sharpening scissors, The small blade and the scissors are just about all I use.

[Hikingsasquatch]

Had an old Spyderco Endura that lasted for years, until I left it in a restaurant bathroom. Came back 30 minutes later...gone. Just picked up a Gerber EVO JR. Not quite as easy to open as the old Spyderco, but it is quite compact and lightweight.

[amac]

Swiss Army Rambler

[ChinMusic]

Tiny Swiss Army with a scissors. I use the scissors MUCH more than I thought I would.

[Nearly Normal]

Same kind as I've carried every day since I was about 10 years old. A small folding pocket knife. Fix a broke nail, cut off a loose thread, dress a fish or a rabbit.
If you have your pants on you ought to have a pocket knife. If you aint got one when you need it, or if it aint sharp, that's your fault.

[Phreak]

Kershaw Chive

[Raul Perez]

RAT 3... strapped to my left shoulder strap.

I need a knife to baton wood to split it into smaller pieces for fire. RAT 3 is a great, tough little knife.

[Seeker]

depends on what i'm doing...

For a conversation piece, i have a SAK Champ.
My daily pocketknife is a SAK Tinker. Before that, it was a Camillus Barlow knife that i'd had since 7th grade. When i was 4 or 5, my dad gave me a small Camillus one-blade pocketknife.

For backpacking, it's a SAK Classic (the tiny one)
For canoeing it's a SAK Huntsman and a sheath knife.

[MelNino]

I love knives, and collect 'em. I have a Victorinox One-handed trekker and Tuckerman Colonial that live in my packs....the others are small blades.